Taking care to maintain these relationships may not result in the lowest wheat price imaginable but does produce a stronger, more resilient supply network. In 2008, for instance, unprocessed organic wheat prices shot from $8 per bushel, to $15, then $25, and even $50. Many users simply could not get the wheat they wanted in that environment because the farmers supplying those networks could make so much more money by disregarding existing contracts and selling to the highest bidder. Our farmers, on the other hand, held the line on the prices that they had committed themselves to sell at and filled their contracts at $25, despite considerable temptation to seek even higher prices.